The good news: the most democratic month in world history

In terms of sheer numbers, this April will be the most democratic month the world has ever seen as national elections take place in half a dozen countries with total electorates of more than one billion people – in India, Afghanistan, Hungary, Indonesia, Algeria and Iraq.

Check out a summary of the elections here.

The largest election will be in India and I have written a short guide to the Indian political system here.


 




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